Despite cleaner gasoline, carpooling, public transportation and electric vehicles, urban sprawl in California, and especially Los Angeles, has resulted in rising tailpipe pollution in the Sunshine State. KTLA photo. Tailpipe pollution will not lessen unless [Read more]
According to the US Energy Information Administration, even with declines in emissions over the next two years, energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 and 2020 are still projected to be higher than 2017 levels. Ralf Broskvar photo [Read more]
The Rhodium Group released a report on Tuesday which showed US CO2 emissions rose in 2018 after falling for the previous three. Cold weather and rising fuel demand were blamed for the increase. CO2 emissions [Read more] [Read more]
The upcoming 2020 rules apply across multiple countries’ jurisdictions to fuels used in the open ocean, representing the largest portion of the approximately 3.9 million barrel per day global marine fuel market, according to the [Read more] [Read more]
The interaction of electrical charges between the fine clay particles suspended in oilsands tailings and water forces the particles into a uniform and stable structure. The U of A team discovered a way to remove [Read more] [Read more]
Last week, the IEA held its third annual global conference on energy efficiency in Paris. The event brought together over 2o0 energy professionals from over 60 countries. From left to right: Dr Ajay Mathur (Director General, [Read more]
Last week the Canadian government announced there will be a federal carbon pollution pricing system in place in Canada starting next year and will affect provinces that have not already set up their own carbon [Read more]
Increases in electricity generation from non-carbon power sources since 2005 also had an effect on CO2 emissions from power generation. State policies and federal tax incentives that encouraged adoption of renewables have driven this growth. [Read more]
Members of the European Parliament are looking for a 35 per cent market share for electric and low-emission cars by 2030. AP Images/European Union-EP photo. MEPs set targets for cars, vans In a draft law voted [Read more]
On Wednesday, the Chinese government announced it will shut down small-scale coal burning in two of the countries northern, coal-dependent provinces by 2020. PM2.5 emissions high in coal burning regions China says it plans to [Read more]
On Thursday, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced stricter carbon pollution regulations for heavy-duty vehicles beginning in 2020. CN photo. On Thursday, the Government of Canada announced new carbon pollution regulations for heavy-duty [Read more]
California, along with 16 other states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in federal appeals court which challenges the proposed EPA vehicle emissions rules and fuel efficiency regulations, calling the changes by the Trump administration “not [Read more]
Heavy metals, including mercury and lead, have all decreased by more than 85% since 1990 The recent publication of the 2018 Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory for Canada shows that air pollution is declining, according to [Read more]
New figures are four to sixteen times higher than previous estimates 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic weighing 80,000 metric tons are currently afloat in an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – and it [Read more]
Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi said “If we want to intervene seriously, we have to have the courage to adopt strong measures”. Nearly all of the pollution in Rome is caused by motor vehicles On [Read more]
Proposed regulations would accelerate phase-out of traditional coal-fired electricity across Canada to 2030 New draft regulations from the Ottawa are aimed at phasing out coal-fired power generation by 2030 while increasing the efficiency of gas-fired [Read more]
Methane emissions from oil and gas production and distribution is a widespread problem that persists up and down the supply chain. AP photo by Charles Rex Arbogast. Nearly 70 per cent of new methane emissions [Read more]
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